The US Navy issued a $42 million contract last week to convert eight Army Fire Scouts to “Navy configuration,” with the goal that the aircraft will be ready for service by 2013.
Category Archives: Military UAS
Pentagon Wants Unmanned Stealth Bomber to Replace B-2
Pentagon weapons buyer Ashton Carter met with Northrop, Boeing and Lockheed executives at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale last week to discuss the military’s plans to build a fleet of radar-evading, long-range bombers that the military hopes to have ready for action by the mid-2020s.
Arcturus Small UAS with 2 Laser-Guided Missiles
Arcturus T-20 - Photo: Spencer Ackerman
Arcturus is displaying its new T-20 at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. The T-20 has a 17-foot wingspan, putting it in the so-called Tier II class of unmanned aircraft.
US Special Operations Gives Hummingbird to the Army
U.S. Special Operations Command will be turning over its unmanned helicopters to the Army. SOCOM will be seeking other options that better suit special operators’ needs, officials said.
AAI Builds Next Generation Shadow
AAI has built a new unmanned aircraft, a substantial upgrade of the standard RQ-7 Shadow. The new aircraft, reportedly in the blended-wing configuration, is designed with two payload bays.
Alenia Delivers nEUROn Weapon Bay Doors to Dassault
Alenia Aeronautica, has announced that it has recently delivered the Weapon Bay Doors & Mechanism for nEUROn (the new-generation technology demonstrator for a European Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle – UCAV) to Dassault Aviation.
Lockheed Martin Sentinel Used in Bin Laden Operation
The CIA employed unmanned aircraft to fly dozens of secret missions deep into Pakistani airspace and monitor the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, current and former U.S. officials said.
Chile Chooses Elbit’s Hermes 900
Elbit Systems has been selected to supply its Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft system to the Chilean defence forces.